Faktencheck

[ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk]

/[ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Faktencheck” is uncommon German (frequency #54,511 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,511
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gründliche Überprüfung von Behauptungen auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-faktencheck · Faktencheck · German

Faktencheck · rank #54,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,511
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrstil

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrstil (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Faktencheck“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Faktencheck“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Faktencheck
PropertyValue
HeadwordFaktencheck
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Faktencheck“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Faktencheckfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fahrstil“ (#54,510), „Fehlentwicklungen“ (#54,512), „Fachpresse“ (#54,509). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Faktencheck“ bei #54,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Faktencheck is uncommon German at frequency #54,511 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gründliche Überprüfung von Behauptungen auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt".

Faktencheck has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Faktencheck, spelled F-A-K-T-E-N-C-H-E-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    gründliche Überprüfung von Behauptungen auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Faktencheck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Den Faktencheck haben sie weit über das »Hart, aber fair«-Niveau der deutschen Kollegen hinausgeführt.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Faktencheck"?
"Faktencheck" is spelled F-A-K-T-E-N-C-H-E-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk].
What does "Faktencheck" mean?
As a noun, "Faktencheck" means: gründliche Überprüfung von Behauptungen auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt
How do you pronounce "Faktencheck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Faktencheck" is [ˈfaktn̩ˌt͡ʃɛk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Faktencheck" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Faktencheck", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

empfangenen#54,483Gastfamilie#54,546einsortiert#54,474eingerissen#54,470

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list